For someone who’s spent a lifetime laughing about people, golden-age comic Don Rickles has sure made a lot of friends. From Robin Williams and Chris Rock to Clint Eastwood and Sidney Poitier, a host of Hollywood stars step up in Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project to celebrate this comedic legend in his own time. Directed by John Landis, Mr. Warmth reveals the background of one of the legends of comedy.
2008 Emmy Award Winner
Directed by:
John Landis
Producers:
Robert Engelman, John Landis, Mike Richardson, Larry Rickles
Cast:
Harry Dean Stanton: Himself/Private Willard (also archive footage)
John Landis: Himself/Sister Rosa Stigmata
Don Rickles: Himself/Crapgame/Petty Officer Ruby/Crane/Nellie/Anne Bancroft/ (also archive footage)
Clint Eastwood: Himself/Private Kelly/“Dirty” Harry Callahan (also archive footage)
Robert De Niro: Himself
Bob Newhart: Himself
Whoopi Goldberg: Herself
Steve Lawrence: Himself/Shirley MacLaine (also archive footage)
Robin Williams: Himself
Roseanne Barr: Herself
Martin Scorsese: Himself (also archive footage)
George Lopez: Himself
Jay Leno: Himself
Ernest Borgnine: Himself
Carl Reiner: Himself
James Caan: Himself
Jimmy Kimmel: Himself
Howard Blank: Himself
Tom Smothers: Himself
Dick Smothers: Himself